Wolves, lightning, silence. Cabinet of Mysteries, Built out of pictures.
Haiku Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
August 3, 2011 – 2:44 pm
Snark and bullets fly! Pageant queens find girl power… They wave at danger!
Haiku Review: Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor
July 11, 2011 – 4:03 am
What is in a kiss? Souls? Magic? Hell? The answer is: This mesmeric book.
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
January 17, 2008 – 10:50 pm
Wow. Really wow. I just listened to the amazing audiobook of Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, read by the author Jack Gantos. I found myself laughing and tearing up at the same time. Joey Pigza, a kid with extreme behavior issues, is so friendly, so dynamic, and so exuberant that I fell in love with [...]
A Company of Swans
January 15, 2008 – 7:47 pm
HaikuReview: A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson Defiant woman, Pirouettes through the jungle. Sweet, swirling story.
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
January 7, 2008 – 2:44 pm
HaikuReview: If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko Now that I’m done will the Great Picture Book Read of ’07, I’ve been catching up with some middle grade and YA books. It turns out that If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period was a great place to start. Gennifer Choldenko won the [...]
Mr. Willoughby’s Christmas Tree
December 25, 2007 – 5:51 pm
Haiku Review: Mr. Willoughby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry Christmas time machine, This book is just the right size. I am 5 again. Merry Everything, Everyone!
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
November 28, 2007 – 1:08 pm
HaikuReview: Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford Moxy loves: To read. Hates: Being told what to do. Summer reading sucks?
The Morning Gift
October 14, 2007 – 6:54 pm
HaikuReview: The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson Vienna so sweet, It could only be fiction. Delectable tale.
Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
September 26, 2007 – 7:00 am
Jennifer Hunt at Little, Brown suggested I read this book after she read my work. She mentioned it as an example of dark, internal writing that worked wonderfully and kept its humor. It’s a strange, but brilliant book, written with an incredibly unique narrator. It keeps you wondering, fascinated, and engaged the entire time. ReviewHaiku [...]
An Abundance of Katherines
August 20, 2007 – 11:40 am
HaikuReview: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green X=good book Where Y is graves, graphs, wild boars. Therefore, read for laughs. By the way, Sara Wilson anagrams to ‘Alias Sworn’ Sara Etienne to ‘A Insane Tree’
Harry Potter and the Deathly Spoilers! (No spoilers here!)
July 30, 2007 – 12:08 pm
*Note, there are no spoilers in this post. Safely read on:) * So, you are about to get a glimpse into my life and see how truly nerdy I am! Comic-Con was nothing. Read on at your own risk! Tony and I, of course, picked up our Harry Potter book at midnight, as any self [...]
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie….
July 13, 2007 – 2:01 pm
HaikuReview: Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Cold, hungry, and scared, I shivered on my plush couch. Fully transported. It’ s impossible to leave this book at just a HaikuReview. I read the story pretty much straight through in one day, staying up until 3 in the morning because there was no [...]
Lemonade Mouth
July 6, 2007 – 4:45 pm
HaikuReview: Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes Sweet Tangy-licious Strum by strum, cold cup by cup Rebels juice up life.
